Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho said he spent his night at the training headquarters of his team, Tottenham Hotspur, after losing to his former team Manchester United in the fifteenth stage of the English Premier League last Wednesday.
Last November, Mourinho appointed a London club coach to succeed Argentine Mauricio Pochettino, in his first coaching position since he was fired from Manchester United Technical Department in December 2018.
Mourinho returned to the Old Trafford stadium of the Red Devils on Wednesday, where he received a 1-2 score loss, his first with his new team, after two wins over West Ham and Bournemouth with the same result (3-2) in the Premier League, and Greek Olympiacos (4-2) In the Champions League it allowed the team to advance to the second round of the competition.
In remarks preceding Saturday's 16th Premier League match against Burnley, Mourinho said about what he had done after the loss to United: "I slept here (at the training headquarters), stayed here, and did not go home."
He continued, "At eight in the morning the next day, what was I doing? Burnley," referring to the preparation for the next match.
He continued, "Burnley analysis, attempting to organize the training session, attempting to organize the meeting (preparatory for the match), and choosing the shots (which will be shown in front of the players) to provide a clearer picture of Burnley's playing style." He stressed that "this method is what to do in football."
Mourinho - who is undergoing his third training experience in England after Chelsea and Manchester United - confirmed that he asked his players to overcome the midweek loss and focus on the next match.
"After a loss, you cannot be sad. You have to be more than that ... you have to be angry, angry, not sad (...) Sadness is sorrow and is related to death. When you lose someone you have to be sad. But in a ball The foot is losing a game ... tomorrow you will have another match. "